Tobacco-pipe



J. W. PETTY.

Tobacco Pipe.

Patented July 31, 1866.

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PATENT OFFICE.

J PETTY, OF ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

TOBACCO-PIPE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,795, dated July 31, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. W. PETTY, of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana,

have invented an Improvement in Smoking- Pipes; and I do hereby declare the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construct-ion and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure '1 is a perspective view of my invention in its finished state when ready for use; Fig. 2, a sectional View of one-half the bowl and stem; Fig. 3, a representation of the metallic frame-work for holding the parts together; and Fig.4, a representation of a section, or onehalf the mouth-piece.

My invention consists in dividing the bowl, stem, and mouth-piece of a smoking-pipe into sections, which are united and held together by a light frame-work of metal, and can be taken apart at pleasure, the parts cleaned, and so the pipe be kept sweet.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my pipe of any suitable materials, in sections, as is clearly shown by Figs. 2 and at on the drawings, and hold them in proper place by means of a frame-work such as is represented by- Fig; 3. p

. The pipe may bemolded in theordinary'manner, and then divided into sections by means of a thread-saw or other suitable instrument 5 or it may be molded by sections, as illustrated by the drawings, and then put together.

To prepare the pipe for use, the mouth-piece 6, (see Figs. 1 and 4,) or, more accurately speaking, the two sections thereof, are joined together and inserted into the ring a of the metallic frame-work in such manner that the cleft in the mouth-piece is at right angles with the axis of the bowl of the pipe. The diameter of the ring a is such that the mouth-piece is tightly grasped and firmly held in position, as is shown in Fig. 1. The mouth-piece, which may be of amber or gutta-percha, or any other suitable substance, being thus fixed in its place, the sections A are united and the stems 01 passed through the-ring c of the frame-work and into ring a.

In the end of stem cl there is an enlarged opening, to receive the end of the mouth-piece e below the shoulder g, and thus connect the mouth-piece firmly to the stem.

The flexible piece f of the frame-work is then pressed against the bowl of the pipe, and the ring b being brought down to its place, as represented in Fig. 1, the pipe is ready for use.

It will-be observed that the enlarged opening in the end of the pipe-stem extends below the point to which the end of the mouth-piece penetrates, and that thus there is established a vacuum-chamber at h, Fig.2, which is farther removed from the bowl of the pipe than it is usual to put it. This is a meritorious feature of my invention, because, by placing the vacuum-chamber at as great a distance as possible from the point of combustion, there is obtained the greatest possible condensation of the vapor as it passes through the stem, and, as a consequence resulting therefrom, the greatest possible deposition of nicotine.

It is obvious that, whether the pipe is molded whole and then cut into sections or molded in the first place in sections, the principle is the same, since in whatever way the division is effected it is that,in connection with the means of holding the parts together, that constitutes the chief merit of my invention.

It is also obvious that the part"; of the framework, instead of being a spring, maybe hinged, and that the part f of the frame-work may be secured to the part b by a small catch or other equivalent device.

The advantage of my improvement is that I create a pipe that can be taken apart and thoroughly cleaned as often as it is used, and that, therefore, it can be kept for an indefinite period of time as free from the poisonous saturation that is an invariable incident of pipes of ordinary construction as if only used once. It is impossible to prevent the distillation and deposition of nicotine in the act of smoking, but I have devised a means of remedying the disagreeable and evil effects thereof.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy The combination of the sections of the bowl and stem A d and of the mouth-piece c with the framework a. be f i, when these several parts are constructed and united as described, for the purpose set forth.

' J. w. PETTY.

Witnesses:

HUGHQNADDEN, J OHN lunwanns. 

